Shloka 49

Vyasa

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अद्वैतशैवसिद्धान्ते पुरुष-प्रकृति-विचारः

Puruṣa–Prakṛti Analysis in Advaita Śaiva Doctrine

Devanagari script

सूत उवाच । श्रुत्वेदमद्भुतमतं हि षडाननोक्तं वेदान्तनिष्ठितमृषिस्तु विनम्रमूर्त्तिः । भूत्वा प्रणम्य बहुशो भुवि दण्डवत्तत्पादारविन्दविहरन्मधुपत्वमाप

Transliteration

sūta uvāca | śrutvedamadbhutamataṃ hi ṣaḍānanoktaṃ vedāntaniṣṭhitamṛṣistu vinamramūrttiḥ | bhūtvā praṇamya bahuśo bhuvi daṇḍavattatpādāravindaviharanmadhupatvamāpa

Translation

சூதர் கூறினார்—ஷடானனன் (கார்த்திகேயன்) உரைத்த இந்த அதிசயமான, வேதாந்தத்தில் நிலைத்த உபதேசத்தை கேட்ட அந்த தாழ்மையுடைய முனிவர் மீண்டும் மீண்டும் பூமியில் தண்டவத்தாக விழுந்து வணங்கினார்; மேலும் அந்த ஆண்டவனின் திருவடித் தாமரைகளைச் சுற்றி தேனீபோல் உலாவி, ‘மதுப’ நிலை—அந்த இனிய ஆனந்தத் தேனை அருந்தும் பாவம்—அடைந்தார்।

Word by Word

सूतःSūta

उवाचsaid

श्रुत्वाhaving heard

इदम्this

अद्भुत-मतम्the wondrous doctrine/opinion

हिindeed

षडानन-उक्तम्spoken by Ṣaḍānana (Kārttikeya)

वेदान्त-निष्ठितःsteadfast in Vedānta

ऋषिःthe sage

तुbut/indeed

विनम्र-मूर्तिःone of humble form (very humble)

भूत्वाhaving become

प्रणम्यhaving bowed

बहुशःmany times

भुविon the ground/earth

दण्डवत्prostrate (like a staff)

तत्-पाद-अरविन्द-विहरन्sporting at his lotus-feet

मधुपत्वम्the state of being a bee

आपattained

Speaker

Suta Goswami

Shaiva Theology

Tattva Level: pashu

Shiva Form: Dakṣiṇāmūrti

Mantra Metadata

Type: stotra

Shakti Dimension

Role: teaching

Ritual Elements

Offering: pushpa

Characters & Entities

Suta

Shanmukha (Kartikeya)

Rishi

FAQs

What is the spiritual significance of this verse in the Shiva Purana?

It presents the Shaiva ideal that true Vedānta culminates in humility and devotion: hearing the highest teaching produces surrender (daṇḍavat praṇāma) and constant absorption at the Lord’s lotus-feet, symbolized by the “bee” drinking their bliss.

How does this verse relate to the worship of the Linga or Saguna Shiva?

Though expressed as devotion to the Lord’s feet, it supports Saguna upāsanā: the devotee clings to a tangible focus (pāda-aravinda/Śiva-tattva revealed through the guru/deity). Such devoted fixation purifies the soul (paśu) and loosens bondage (pāśa), leading toward realization of Pati (Śiva).

What ritualistic or meditative practice is suggested here?

Repeated daṇḍavat praṇāma (full prostration) with inward surrender, followed by steady remembrance—japa of a Shaiva mantra (especially the Panchākṣarī, “Om Namaḥ Śivāya”) while mentally dwelling at the Lord’s lotus-feet in bhakti and contemplation.